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3/10/15

Hello CCR Members,

I have just been informed that our meeting at Cerone Automotive,
scheduled for
this Thursday, has been postponed
due to the death of one of Joe Cerone's close friends. The meeting
has been moved to the following
Thursday, March 19th at 7:00 pm.
Hope to see you there.

Welcome to the
Central Connecticut Region of the
Antique Automobile Club of America
Our Club Information and History

Welcome to a
very active chapter of the Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA):
the Central Connecticut Region (CCR). Below is a brief history of the AACA, the CCR chapter, and our
annual car show. The website also contains information about our
upcoming activities, recent monthly President’s Messages and write-ups
on some of our recent past activities, including
photographs.

History – The Antique
Automobile Club of America (AACA), founded in 1935, is the country’s
largest and oldest historical society, with more than 60,000 members
worldwide. The AACA holds meets, tours, and other activities nationwide
and publishes Antique Automobiles, an outstanding magazine that is
mailed bi-monthly to all members. They also have a Library and Research
Center and staff to maintain relations with the several hundred regions
worldwide. Membership in the national is required to join a region, as
national also provides liability insurance for our events.

The Central Connecticut Region (CCR)
was chartered in 1975 as a non-profit organization “dedicated to the
search, preservation, and restoration of antique automobiles and related
memorabilia. Monthly meetings are held year round and feature visits to
automobile and related businesses or programs about cars, etc. (see
below for a sample of businesses visited). Club functions also include
an annual banquet, driving tours, picnic, Saturday garage tours, visits
to museums, our annual Antique Car and Truck Show and our annual
get-together at Hershey. We also publish a monthly newsletter to keep
our members informed and involved with their club.

Members – we currently have
approximately 80 members from a wide geographic area within the state.
Many members are in the greater Hartford county area, with some members
from Litchfield, Middlesex, Tolland and New Haven counties. As we said
before, you don’t have to own an old vehicle to join. Some of our
members don’t have a car; others have numerous cars, motorcycles and/ or
trucks. Within the member roster, we have 155 vehicles listed, which
include such makes and models as Rolls Royce, Packard, Cord, Franklins,
Graham, Willys, the Big 3 (Ford, GM and Chrysler), AMC, sports cars
(foreign and domestic), muscle cars, trucks and some motorcycles. The
years of these vehicles start in 1905 and go to 1990. Approximately 50%
of the vehicles are in the 1920s and 1930s, while one-third are in the
1950s-1980. We just love cars (old and newer) and other vehicles (such
as members with antique airplanes, boats, motorcycles, engines).

Meetings- Sites Visited –
Part of the fun of joining our group is that we attempt to visit
interesting vehicle related businesses. Some of these sites include
Bundy Motors in Tolland, Boyd’s Boatyard in Canton, F-40 Motorsports
(exotic cars), ERA Replica Automobiles (builder of Corbas), New England
Air Museum, Twin Brooks Restoration, Dragone Classic Motor Cars,
Mustangs Unlimited, Pratt & Whitney Engine Museum, Enfield Auto
Restoration, Packard Motor Car Service, Manchester Motor Cars, Nizen
Engine, Mark’s Auto Parts, Labco Welding, Airborn Coatings, and Blastech.
In addition, we have visited several private automobile collections (one
consisting of Rolls Royces) and visited members’ garages to view their
latest projects. So if you are thinking of buying a car, restoring a car
or need some repair information, our club members can help, through
their vast years in the hobby. Don’t be afraid to ask.

Car Show – Our big event
each year is our car show, which is generally held in June. We usually
get approximately 300 show cars, trucks, motorcycles and fire engines,
plus parts and food vendors. Our show is popular in that is a judged
show, with three trophies in each of 22 classes. Our members are the
judges and we hold a judging clinic before the meet and new members are
generally assigned to judge with experienced members on the day of the
show. After the show, we have a pizza party. The car show nets us money
to hold future shows, fund some of our other events and allows us to
make donation to various non-profit organizations. Some of the groups
that we have contributed to in the past (voted on by the membership)
include: AACA Library, American School for the Deaf, Children’s Home of
Cromwell, Glastonbury Police Dept.-DARE Program, Glastonbury Police
Explorers, MADD, Salvation Army, Shriner’s Children Burn Hospital, UCONN
Children’s Fund, Klingberg Family Centers, and the Jimmy Fund. We try to
donate a portion of our funds locally.

CCR/AACA - Current Officers, Board
Members, Etc...

The Central
Connecticut Region of the Antique Automobile Club of America was
chartered on February 28, 1975 as a non-profit organization dedicated to
the search, preservation and restoration of antique automobiles and
related memorabilia.